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Monday, February 21, 2011

Rumor: Rangers Had Deal In Place For McCabe?

There has been a lot of talk about the Rangers and
defensemen that might be available through trades. The hot name right now is Florida’s Bryan
McCabe and that talk got more intriguing today with the report from Andy Stickland
on his blog at True
Hockey in which he wrote that multiple sources confirmed there was a deal
in place between the Rangers and the Panthers before McCabe broke his jaw.

The New York Rangers are still looking for a D-man. It will be
interesting to see if they re-visit a deal that almost went down with
Florida’s Bryan McCabe several weeks ago.

A broken jaw to McCabe prevented the trade from happening but multiple
sources confirm a deal was in place between Florida and the Rangers.
Panthers GM Dale Tallon would love to still move McCabe who will take
full advantage of his no-move clause. Word is McCabe is very selective
as to where he would go.

With McCabe now back in the lineup and the Rangers
presumably still looking for a defenseman it is likely that these talks will be
re-visited, but one has to wonder how much the other trades in the past few
weeks might have changed the demands from the Panthers in order to trade McCabe
away. One must also wonder if in the
wake of Gaborik’s concussion if the needs for offense might take precedence
over acquiring a defenseman right now.